General Knowledge Solved Paper 1. Who is the Chairman of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) in India? (A) Pahlaj Nihalani (B) Leela Samson (C) Sharmila Tagore (D) None of these (Ans : A) 2. Which Indian company announced the creation of $250 million 'Innovate in India fund, to give a boost to start-ups? (A) Reliance Industries (B) Infosys (C) TCS (D) Wipro (Ans : B) 3. In Cricket World Cup tournament, India played against Pakistan on 15 Feb 2015 in which Australian city? (A) Perth (B) Adelaide (C) Sydney (D) Melbourne (Ans : B) 4. Which among the following is a Public Sector Bank? (A) HDFC Bank (B) ICICI Bank (C) IDBI Bank (D) Federal Bank (Ans : C) 5. World Cancer Day is held on ……….every year to raise awareness of cancer. (A) February 4 (B) March 4 (C) April 4 (D) May 4 (Ans : A) 6. 35th National Games were held from 31 January 2015 to 14 February 2015 in– (A) Gujarat (B) Kerala (C) Karnataka (D) Goa (Ans : B) 7. Which country is going to host International Cricket Council (ICC) World Twenty20 in 2016? (A) India (B) Sri Lanka (C) South Africa (D) England (Ans : A) 8. In Feb 2015, Indian American Composer Ricky Kej won the Grammy Award in which category? (A) Best New Artist (B) Best Children's Album (C) Best New Age Album (D) Best Pop Vocal Album (Ans : B) 9. Mr. Naresh Goyal is the Founder Chairman of which airline in India? (A) Indigo (B) Go Air (C) Jet Airways (D) None of these (Ans : C) 10. Whom did Serena Williams defeat in the final to win the Australian Open 2015 Women's Singles title? (A) Venus Williams (B) Maria Sharapova (C) Ekaterina Makarova (D) None of these (Ans : B) 11. Which day of the year is celebrated as World Radio day? (A) 13 February (B) 15 February (C) 13 March (D) 15 March (Ans : A) 12. Which technology giant became the first company to reach a market value of $700 billion? (A) Microsoft (B) Google (C) Apple (D) Facebook (Ans : C) 13. Recently, Indian Government released set of Commemorative Postage Stamps on Swachh Bharat Mission (Clean Indian Mission).
(A) Four (B) Three (C) Two (D) None of these (Ans : B) 14. Vitamin B12 helps in fighting against– (A) Goitre. (B) Rickets. (C) Anaemia (D) None of these (Ans : C) 15. Which online retailer has acquired luxury fashion portal Exclusively.com? (A) Flipkart.com (B) Amazon.com (C) Snapdeal.com (D) Ebay.com (Ans : C) 16. Which movie won the Oscar in the best picture category in the 87th Academy Awards? (A) The Theory of Everything (B) Glory (C) Still Alice (D) Birdman (Ans : D) 17. Indian Government has announced setting up of a new IIT in. (A) Karnataka (B) Gujarat (C) Kerala (D) Punjab (Ans : A) 18. IRTC has partnered with which e-commerce portal for online shop- ping? (A) Snapdeal (B) Flipkart (C) Amazon (D) Jabong (Ans : C) 19. World's first humanoid robot staffed hotel was set to open in which country in July 2015? (A) China (B) Japan (C) South Korea (D) one of these (Ans : B) 20. Advance ticket booking facility for railway passengers is available ………. days before the start of the journey. (A) 60 (B) 90 (C) 120 (D) None of these (Ans : C) 21. Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill 2015 hiked Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) cap in the insurance sector to 49 percent from present………. percent. (A) 20 (B) 26 (C) 30 (D) 38 (Ans : B) 22. Which State government has launched Bhagyashree scheme for girl child? (A) Bihar (B) Uttar Pradesh (C) Haryana (D) Maharashtra (Ans : D) 23. ………. has won Silver prize in the prestigious Golden Gate Award at the International Tourismus Borse Berlin (ITB-Berlin)-2015. (A) Kerala Tourism (B) Goa Tourism (C) Madhya Pradesh Tourism (D) Rajasthan Tourism (Ans : A) 24. Acid used in car battery is– (A) Hydrochloric acid (B) Boric acid (C) Sulphuric acid (D) Carbonic acid (Ans : C) 25. Which is the most abundant mineral in human body? (A) Iron (B) Calcium (C) Magnesium (D) Sodium (Ans : B) 26. McMahon line is the border between– (A) India and Nepal (B) India and Pakistan (C) India and China (D) India and Myanmar (Ans : C) 27. Who among the following is known as the Metro man of India? (A) Rajendran (B) E. Sreedharan (C) N. Mishra (D) K. S. Rao (Ans : B)
28. Carolina Marin Martin of ……….. has won the prestigious Women's Singles Title in the All England Open Badminton Championships 2015. (A) Denmark (B) Spain (C) Malaysia (D). England (Ans : B) 29. National Youth Day is celebrated in India on the birthday of– (A) Swami Dayananda (B) Swami Vivekananda (C) Rajiv Gandhi (D) One of these (Ans : B) 30. The Maze Tower in which city has been recognised by Guinness World Records as representing the largest vertical maze? (A) Shanghai (B) Dubai (C) Hong Kong (D) New York (Ans : B)
Clock questions 1. If a clock shows 4 hours 12 minutes, what time does its mirror image show?
A) 8 hours 48 minutes B) 9 hours 48 minutes C) 10 hours 48 minutes D) 7 hours 48 minutes E) 11 hours 48 minutes
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Answer: Option D
Explanation: 12:00-4:12 = 7 : 48 .-. It shows 7 hours 48 minutes in the mirror. 2. A clock which uniformly loses 5 minutes in a day is set to show the correct time at 4:30 a.m on a Monday. What will be the correct time, when the clock shows 4 hours 17 minutes 30 seconds on the subsequent Wednesday evening?
A) 5:30 p.m B) 6:30 p.m C) 4:30 p.m D) 7:30 p.m E) 8:30 p.m
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Answer: Option C
Explanation: The time shown by the clock is 4 hours 17 minutes 30 seconds (or) 4:17.5 hours. Counting the number of minutes in between 4:30 a.m. on Monday to 4:17.5 p.m. on Wednesday. We have 3587.5 minutes. Also, it is given that the clock loses 5 minutes in a day. => for every 1440 minutes the clock loses 5 minutes or it covers 1435 minutes. .'. For 1435 minutes 1440 is the original time for 3587.5 minutes (1440 x 3587.5)/1435 = 3600. 3600 minutes equals to 60 hours. .-.60 hours after 4:30 a.m. on Monday is 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. 3. Two clocks are set to show the correct time at 3:00 am. The clocks uniformly lose 3 minutes and 4 minutes respectively in an hour. If the clock which loses 3 minutes per hour shows the time as 8:42 a.m on the same day, then what time does the other clock show?
A) 8:36 a.m. B) 8:30 a.m. C) 8:32 a.m. D) 8:34 a.m. E) 8:35 a.m.
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Answer: Option A
Explanation: The clock which loses 3 minutes in an hour loses 18 ninutes in 6 hours. Hence, it shows 8:42 a.m. when the :orrect time was 9:00. In the same time, the other clock oses 6 x 4 = 24 minutes and hence it shows 8:36 a.m. 4. A clock which loses uniformly was observed to be 5 minutes fast at 4:00 p.m on a Friday. On the subsequent Sunday at 8:00 a.m, the watch was 3 minutes slow. When did the watch show the correct time?
A) 6:00 p.m. on Saturday B) 7:00 p.m. on Saturday C) 4:00 p.m. on Saturday D) 8:00 p.m. on Saturday E) 5:00 p.m. on Saturday
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Answer: Option E
Explanation: dumber of minutes lost = 8 Total time from 4:00 p.m. on Friday to 8:00 a.m. on Sunday = 40 hours. There for, It lost 8 minutes in 40 hours Time taken to lose 5 minutes = ( 40 x 5) / 8= 25 hours. Whenever it lost the first 5 minutes, the clock is going to show the correct time. After 25 hours (i.e.,) at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday the cock shows the correct time 5. A clock which loses uniformly was observed to be 5 minutes fast at 4:00 p.m on a Friday. On the subsequent Sunday at 8:00 a.m, the watch was 3 minutes slow. When did the watch show the correct time?
A) 6:00 p.m. on Saturday B) 7:00 p.m. on Saturday C) 4:00 p.m. on Saturday D) 8:00 p.m. on Saturday E) 5:00 p.m. on Saturday
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Answer: Option E
Explanation: dumber of minutes lost = 8 Total time from 4:00 p.m. on Friday to 8:00 a.m. on Sunday = 40 hours. There for, It lost 8 minutes in 40 hours Time taken to lose 5 minutes = ( 40 x 5) / 8= 25 hours. Whenever it lost the first 5 minutes, the clock is going to show the correct time. After 25 hours (i.e.,) at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday the cock shows the correct time